The Role of Non-governmental

Organizations in Making Places

More Resilient

Building

Community Resilience

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Brent Woodworth:

President and CEO – LA Emergency Preparedness Foundation

Factors

• Population Growth

• Infrastructure

• Communications

• Economic

• Civic Cohesion

• Natural and Man-Made Disasters

• Cross-Sector and Cross-City Collaboration

Community Resilience:

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The ability to withstand shocks and stresses

And bounce back stronger

• Encompasses a wide variety of areas, from

Environmental resilience to social resilience

“ I Lost Everything” EARTHQUAKE

Turkey - August, 1999

“The sky turned to night”

VOLCANIC ERUPTION Ecuador - October 1999

Guaga Pichincha Volcano

500,000 TONS of Ash

landed on Quito

• Affected Population: 16,972,606

• Human Fatalities: 30,000 +

• Injured Persons: 68,478

• Destroyed Houses: 228,906

• Damaged Buildings 397,538

Bhuj, India

January, 2001

Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake

India Earthquake

Receipt, Packing and Distribution of Supplies

India: Gujarat Earthquake Relief

Tsunami Indian Ocean

• 280,000 Lives Lost

Tsunami: Banda Aceh Indonesia - Debris and Bodies

Pakistan Earthquake - Balakot / 60% loss of life

Field Hospital: 60 to 70 Operations per Day - Minimal Anesthesia

Minami Sanriku, Japan: October, 2011

Haiti: 2010

Bridging the capabilities GAP

• Collaboration

• Systems

• Commitment

Community Resilience:

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What Does It Take?

• Innovation

• Collaboration

• Sustainable

• Measurable

• Repeatable

Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves

• An independent study to assess the future

savings from Mitigation activities.

• Developed in cooperation with OMB & CRO.

• Presented to US Congress

• International Industry Benchmark

Benefits of Investing

In Pre-Disaster Mitigation

4:1 Benefit / Cost

“ An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure” 16

Why Invest ?

• Nationwide Program

• Awards up to $35,000

• No financial match required

• Simplified application process

Funded By:

Structured and

Managed By:

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Community Resilience Innovation Challenge

Faith-based

Health

Retail

Academic

Transportation

Local Government

Entertainment

Finance

Industry

Entertainment

Communications

Non-Profit

Retail

Professional

Services

Manufacturing

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Sectors

Community Stakeholder Sectors

• Critical Infrastructure – Utilities, Voice, Data, Highways, Services

• Healthcare - Hospitals, Pharmacies, Clinics

• Banking - Finance, Insurance, Legal

• Entertainment - Arts, Media, Sports, Recreation

• Manufacturing - Heavy Industry, Chemicals , Process, Oil and Gas

• Construction - Development, Facility Management, Real Estate,

• Hospitality - Food and Beverage, Lodging, Tourism

• Information Technology - Computers, Servers, Software

• Transportation - Automotive, Postal / Shipping, Supply chain, Warehousing

• Associations - Professional Services, Consulting

• Retail - Wholesale, Grocery, Consumer Goods and Services

• Faith Based – Houses of Worship, Organizations

• Academic – Universities, Colleges, Schools

• Non-profits - NGO’s, Foundations

• Government - Local, State, Federal

LA Emergency Management Division EOC and BOC

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1) Build Community Stakeholder Collaboration • 15 Sectors: Business, Government, Academic, Faith-Based

• Participation, Collaboration, Trust, Commitment

2) High Value Tools : Community Stakeholder Network (CSN) • Situational Awareness & Decision Support

• Information Sharing – Utilities, Business, Government, Community

• Dynamic Mapping & Modeling

• Business Intelligence

• “ Information is as important as Food, Water, or Shelter in a

Crisis”

3) Leadership and Coordination • Rapid, and Collaborative event response

• Government and Community Stakeholder Sector protocols

• Identify, manage and address immediate and emerging needs

• Creative and High-impact Contributions

• Provide sage advice, guidance, and coordination

3 Phase Community Resilience Continuum:

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Building Community Resilience

Top Down Approach / Bottom Up Approach

How to Make it Work:

Collaboration cannot be mandated. Success requires:

• Trusted, and committed leadership across sectors

• The determination to overcome roadblocks

• The ability to listen, interface, communicate and work with

community stakeholders (Public and Private)

• The ability to make the trade-off’s necessary to make the

best interests of community stakeholders the #1 priority

• Identify and reduce redundant efforts – break down silos

• Share information

Bottom Up

Top Down

Collaboration

GLUE

Business Intelligence

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SAHANA

Sahana Deployments

Asian Tsunami in Sri Lanka – 2005

Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005

Landslide disaster in Philippines– 2005

Sarvodaya and Terre des Hommes (NGOs), Sri Lanka - 2005

Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia – 2006

Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh – 2007

Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007

Coastal Storm Plan in New York City – 2007

Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007

Chendu-Sitzuan Province Earthquake, China – 2008

Flooding in Bihar, India – 2008

Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar – 2008

National Disaster Management Center & Ministry of Resettlement &

Disaster Relief Services, Sri Lanka – 2009

City of Tampa Florida, USA – 2009

Sahana Deployments

Port-a- Prince Earthquake, Haiti – 2010

WFP and WHO (UN) – 2010

Earthquake, Chile – 2010

Floods, Pakistan – 2010

Floods, Venezuela – 2010

Hurricane Karl, Mexico – 2010

Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand – 2011

Floods, Colombia – 2011

Hurricane Irene, USA – 2011

Joplin Tornado, USA – 2011

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan – 2011

Hurricane Sandy, USA – 2012

Wildfires, Chile - 2012

NYC OEM – Site Management

The Community Stakeholder Network (CSN)

A system to support enhanced

Communication, Collaboration,

and Community Resilience.

Developed by: Business,

Government, Non-profit, Faith

Based, Academic and

Community Associations

A trusted source for Business Intelligence & Decision Support

Situational Awareness Capabilities

1. Breaking News & Daily Updates

2. Interactive Maps

3. Earthquake Impact Modeling

4. Trusted Situation Reports

5. Stakeholder Sector Posts

6. Social Networking Data

7. Secure Collaboration Board

8. Needs / Offers Posting

9. Instant Polling & Surveys

10. Customized Dashboard

11. Calendar & Weather

12. Handheld Device Support

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Interactive

Mapping

• Severe Weather

• Event Maps

• Transportation

• Utilities

• Relief Sites

• Crowd-sourcing

• EQ Impact

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Interactive

Mapping

• Live Traffic

• Event Maps

• Transportation

• Utilities

• Relief Sites

• Crowd-sourcing

• EQ Impact

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Advanced Mapping

• Pre-event Modeling

• Actual Event Analysis

Multiple data layers

• Linked to USGS

• Utilizes HAZUS

Damage and loss

Estimation analysis

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Severe Storm 2014

February

2014

CSN in Use

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2/25 – News reports

indicate major Storm

event approaching.

2/26 – CSN Alerts for

predicted

evacuations (Colby

Burn area)

CSN staff fully

activated

CSN starts

Coordination with LA

County EOC

Storm approaching

Southern California

CSN tracking Weather

reports.

CSN team activated – Preparedness activities started

Alert Posted on CSN. (Voluntary Evacuations)

CSN Mapping for Colby

burn area gathered.

CSN staff begin

preparations for high

probability impact areas.

CSN staff develop maps in

preparation for possible

flooding and landslides.

2/25

CSN Breaking news

activated.

2/27

2/26

2/24

Breaking News posted on

CSN.

CSN staff customize Home

Dashboard.

CSN tracking Weather

reports.

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CSN staff fully

activated

CSN starts

Coordination with

Members

CSN staff begin calling

CSN member

organizations.

Needs / Offers posted prior

to the event.

2/27

CSN staff create Quick

Links pages in preparation

for member self service

needs.

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5:45 am

CSN staff arrive

at LA County

EOC.

6:00 am – 6:00

pm

LA EOC activated

at Level 2.

CSN team crawling sources

for information and

updating system. Important

updates posted on average

every 15 minutes.

CSN adds interactive

“Traffic” map to track storm

cell impact.

Situation Reports posted.

2/28

CSN participated in all EOC

situation updates.

CSN able to coordinate

collaboration with EOC

representatives.

9:00 pm

CSN departs

EOC.

6:00 pm

LA EOC scales

down.

CSN adds interactive

“Severe Weather” map to

track storm cells.

CSN community updates

posted on average 2 hours

before public release from

EOC.

Real-time

weather feeds

Real-time

Doppler Radar – Alerts, Watches and

Warnings

Real-time

Traffic and Video feeds

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1) Build Community Stakeholder Collaboration • 15 Sectors: Business, Government, Academic, Faith-Based

• Participation, Collaboration, Trust, Commitment

2) High Value Tools : Community Stakeholder Network (CSN) • Situational Awareness & Decision Support

• Information Sharing – Utilities, Business, Government, Community

• Dynamic Mapping & Modeling

• Business Intelligence

• “ Information is as important as Food, Water, or Shelter in a

Crisis”

3) Leadership and Coordination • Rapid, and Collaborative event response

• Government and Community Stakeholder Sector protocols

• Identify, manage and address immediate and emerging needs

• Creative and High-impact Contributions

• Provide sage advice, guidance, and coordination

3 Phase Community Resilience Continuum:

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Brent Woodworth

Brent.Woodworth@LAEPF.org

818-585-5995

www.CSNToday.org

Thank You